impressed with:
creativity in general - generosity - thinking - crying in front of people - martial arts - full frontal hugs - smashing boundaries - people of all backgrounds (the weirder the better) - faith - love - anything extremely old - free falling - loyalty - japanese anything - technology - shock value - dreams - chaos theory - buying music with artwork (welcome to the 90s) - minimalism - the underdog - honesty - vulnerability - all ethnicities
not impressed with:
djing - VIP anything - food (except sushi) - hipster scenes - breast implants - the greater phoenix metro area - closed mindedness - SUVs - christmas lights - money - MTV - stealing music - fake friendly fucks - fundamentalism - blockbuster movies - small talk - status symbols - reality tv - conservative values
i guess its time to update this, so here's some artists i like:
Radiohead - Cornelius - Sebastian - I:Cube - Prince - DJ Shadow - MGMT - RjD2 - the Postal Service - Herbert - Depeche Mode - Global Communication - Edit - Dntel - Underworld - Massive Attack - Nightmares On Wax - Coldplay - Mr. Oizo - Ammoncontact - Cassius - Akufen - Demon - Cocteau Twins - Mellow - McEnroe - Take - Air - U.N.K.L.E. - DJ Vadim - Yarah Bravo - Emiliana Torrini - LCD Soundsystem - Kojak - Beck - Hakan Lidbo - Electric Light Orchestra - Waxolutionists - Trentemoller - The Roots - Metric - Telefon Tel Aviv - Parov Stelar - Lymbyc Systym - Harmonic 33 - Daft Punk - M83 - Phoenix - Crazy Penis - Flying Lotus
that music list will likely remain untouched for 2 years, so ask me if you wanna know what i'm listening to currently...
Movies
lost in translation - amelie - swingers - green street hooligans - the big lebowski - pi - eternal sunshine of the spotless mind - lock, stock, and 2 smoking barrels - gross point blank - run lola run - shindler's list - pulp fiction - napoleon dynamite - kill bill volume 2 - everything is illuminated - the motorcycle diaries - being john malkovich - fight club
you get the idea...
Television
don't really watch much, but blain is supposed to show me some ish that will blow my mind. for now, let's just mention: arrested development - flight of the conchords - and any show interjected with 'check into cash' commercials
Books
mere christianity by c.s. lewis
the brothers karamazov by fyodor dostoevsky
fear and trembling by søren kierkegaard
Heroes
Gerald Fleenor - an utterly amazing person. R.I.P.
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